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  • The Admiral Gorshkov is to be inducted into the Indian Navy as the INS Vikramaditya, as a replacement for India's INS Viraat, which is now 50-years-old.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • Indranil Mukherjee/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A sailor looked on as commandos took positions during a simulated anti-piracy operation demonstration called Visit-Board-Search-Seize, on board Navy's aircraft carrier INS Viraat.

    The Navy in Pictures 2011

  • Reuters India's sole active aircraft carrier, INS Viraat.

    Asia's Great Naval Rivalry Mohan Malik 2011

  • Left, a flight deck officer signalled to Sea Harrier aircrafts to take off from Indian Navy's aircraft carrier INS Viraat during an operational demonstration as a precursor to the upcoming President's Fleet Review off Mumbai's coast, Monday.

    The Navy in Pictures 2011

  • Other strategies include Project Viraat to gain leadership in the Indian market, regulatory inspections at many Ranbaxy manufacturing sites and new product launches in the U.S. Daiichi is also preparing for its exclusive U.S. launch of a generic version of Pfizer Inc.'s cholesterol drug, Lipitor, which loses patent protection in November.

    Daiichi Yet to Gain from Ranbaxy Buy Prabha Natarajan 2011

  • The 6900 tons Delhi-Class destroyer is said to be the largest ship in the combat fleet of Indian Navy after Air Craft Carrier INS Viraat.

    India Adds A Destroyer For Anti-Piracy, Post Successful Blowing Of Pirate Ship 2008

  • There were 150 men aboard the Typhoon out there, as opposed to thousands aboard the Viraat.

    Countdown Douglass, Keith 1994

  • Not long ago, a cruise missile from the Galveston had helped sink the Indian carrier Viraat, part of an action fought to stop the Indo-Pakistani war from going nuclear.

    Countdown Douglass, Keith 1994

  • Ranbaxy, 64 percent owned by Tokyo-based Daiichi Sankyo Co., boosted its sales force by 60 percent to 4,000 last year, as part of its Project Viraat initiative to gain market share in rural India.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • At present, India has only one aircraft carrier INS Viraat, but the MiG-29Ks cannot be operated from it as they are too big to take off or land from the around 28,000-tonne warship.

    The Statesman 2010

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